kick into touch
English
Alternative forms
- kick to touch
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Verb
kick into touch
- (Britain, sports) To kick a ball over the touchline in a game of rugby, often to avoid pressure from the opponent team in a difficult situation, to end injury time or to gain territory.
- (Britain, idiomatic) To evade an issue.
- It seemed like a good idea at the time, but I'm going to kick into touch.